On Fri, Aug 29, 2025 at 10:50:41AM +0200, Thomas Huth wrote:
> On 29/08/2025 10.31, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote:
> > If the 'QEMU_TEST_REFRESH_CACHE' environment variable is set, then
> > ignore any existing cached asset and download a fresh copy.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <[email protected]>
> > ---
> >   docs/devel/testing/functional.rst   | 3 +++
> >   tests/functional/qemu_test/asset.py | 4 ++++
> >   2 files changed, 7 insertions(+)
> > 
> > diff --git a/docs/devel/testing/functional.rst 
> > b/docs/devel/testing/functional.rst
> > index 3728bab6c0..fdeaebaadc 100644
> > --- a/docs/devel/testing/functional.rst
> > +++ b/docs/devel/testing/functional.rst
> > @@ -312,6 +312,9 @@ The cache is populated in the 
> > ``~/.cache/qemu/download`` directory by
> >   default, but the location can be changed by setting the
> >   ``QEMU_TEST_CACHE_DIR`` environment variable.
> > +To force the test suite to re-download the cache, even if still valid,
> > +set the ``QEMU_TEST_REFRESH_CACHE`` environment variable.
> > +
> >   Skipping tests
> >   --------------
> > diff --git a/tests/functional/qemu_test/asset.py 
> > b/tests/functional/qemu_test/asset.py
> > index 704b84d0ea..b5a6136d36 100644
> > --- a/tests/functional/qemu_test/asset.py
> > +++ b/tests/functional/qemu_test/asset.py
> > @@ -72,6 +72,10 @@ def _check(self, cache_file):
> >           return self.hash == hl.hexdigest()
> >       def valid(self):
> > +        if os.getenv("QEMU_TEST_REFRESH_CACHE", None) is not None:
> > +            self.log.info("Force refresh of asset %s", self.url)
> > +            return False
> > +
> 
> Do we really need this? You can also simply "rm ~/.cache/qemu/downloads"
> instead, or click on the "Clear runner caches" in the gitlab CI.

This can selectively refresh assets from a single test

  QEMU_TEST_REFRESH_CACHE=1 ./tests/functional/test_blah.py


With regards,
Daniel
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